page_title: Torrelodones
section_title: Wildlife
hierarchical_section_title: Torrelodones / Wildlife
caption_attribution_description: Insecto sobre hoja. Esta especie de chinche estaba relajándose en una hoja varios centímetros por debajo de la araña cangrejo.
context_page_description: Torrelodones is a municipality in the northwest of the Autonomous Community of Madrid, Spain. It is situated 29 kilometers northwest from the city of Madrid. Because of its location between the Sierra de Guadarrama and the metropolitan area of the capital, it is linked to two districts in Madrid: the agricultural area of Guadarrama and the metropolitan area of Madrid.
  It lies at an average altitude of 845 meters. According to the 2014 census, 22,838 people live in the municipality, distributed among seven towns.
  The people of Torrelodones earn among the highest per capita incomes of the Community of Madrid. Services, hotels, and construction are the main economic activities. In 2012 it had about 22,680 inhabitants. With over three colleges and four developments, Torrelodones is usually divided into two parts: the "Torrelodones town", where there is the Town Hall, and the "Torrelodones colony", where there are schools, homes and small businesses.
  Torrelodones is bordered to the north by Hoyo de Manzanares, to the south by Las Rozas de Madrid, to the west by Galapagar, and to the east by Madrid.
  Historically the municipality was named "Torrelodones".
context_section_description: Torrelodones joins two protected ecological spaces: Sierra de Hoyo and Monte del Pardo.
  Animals that live here include birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates. All of them are included in the Catálogo Nacional de Especies Amenazadas and the Catálogo Regional de Especies Amenazadas de Fauna y Flora de la Comunidad de Madrid.
  Birds
  Águila imperial ibérica. (Aquila adalberti) (Spanish imperial eagle) is the most important bird.
  Other birds include Picogordo (Coccothraustes coccothraustes), curruca mosquitera (Sylvia borin), curruca zarcera (Sylvia communis), curruca mirlona (Sylvia hortensis), papamoscas gris (Muscicapa striata), oropéndola (Oriolus oriolus), collalba rubia (Oenanthe hispanica), chochín (Troglodytes troglodytes), pito real (Picus viridis), mochuelo (Athene noctua), autillo (Otus scops), abubilla (Upupa epops), carbonero común (Parus major), alcaudón real (Lanius meridionalis), alcaudón común (Lanius senator), abejaruco (Merops apiaster), estornino (Sturnus unicolor), rabilargo (Cyanopica cooki), El petirrojo (Erithacus rubecula), el ruiseñor (Luscinia megarhynchos), el mirlo (Turdus merula), el verdecillo (Serinus serinus), el verderón (Carduelis chloris), el pardillo (Carduelis cannabina), and el zorzal (Turdus spp.).
  There are also some species for hunting, such as la perdiz (Alectoris rufa), la codorniz (Coturnix coturnix), la tórtola (Streptopelia turtur) and la paloma torcaz (Columba palumbus).
  Among the raptor birds are aguilucho ratonero (Buteo buteo) and al elanio azul (Elanus caeruleus).
  Mammals
  The municipality shelters, especially in protected zones, ardilla roja (Sciurus vulgaris), erizo europeo (Erinaceus europaeus), conejo (Oryctolagus cuniculus), liebre ibérica (Lepus granatensis), comadreja (Mustela nivalis), gineta (Genetta genetta), zorro (Vulpes vulpes), jabalí (Sus scrofa),  el ratón de campo (Apodemus sylvaticus), el ratón casero (Mus domesticus), el lirón careto (Eliomys quercinus), la musaraña gris (Crocidura russula), el topo ibérico (Talpa occidentalis), and topillo de Cabrera (Microtus cabrerae).
  Reptiles and amphibians
  Torrelodones hosts reptiles such as la lagartija colirroja (Psammodromus algirus), la lagartija cenicienta (Psammodromus hispanicus), la lagartija ibérica (Podarcis hispanicus), el lagarto ocelado (Lacerta lepida), la salamanquesa común (Tarentola mauritanica), la culebrilla ciega (Amphisbaenia), la culebra de collar (Natrix natrix), la culebra viperina (Natrix maura) and la culebra de escalera (Elaphe scalaris).
  Among the amphibians are el sapo corredor (Bufo calamita), el sapo de espuelas (Pelobates cultipes), el sapo partero ibérico (Alytes cisternasii), el sapillo pintojo ibérico (Discoglossus galganoi), and el gallipato (Pleurodeles waltl).
  Invertebrates
  There are countless species of invertebrates.
  On record are two species of endangered Lepidoptera: el arlequín (Zerynthia rumina) and la doncella de ondas (Euphydryas aurinia).
  Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
caption: El Arlequin
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